No. 8/8 Yale vs. No. 4/4 Quinnipiac
Friday, Nov. 4—6 p.m.
Ingalls Rink (New Haven, Conn.)
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No. 8/8 Yale vs. No. 14/13 Princeton
Saturday, Nov. 5—3 p.m.
Ingalls Rink (New Haven, Conn.)
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The Yale women's hockey team will make their home opening debut at Ingalls Rink this weekend. On Friday, the nationally ranked Bulldogs welcome neighboring rival Quinnipiac. Then on Saturday, Princeton rolls into New Haven for a midday tilt with the Bulldogs. Both contests will be live on ESPN+ and available for international viewing on Stretch Internet.
 
Bulldog Bytes

• Anna Bargman hopped out to a solid start in her second season for the Bulldogs. Bargman leads the team in points with four (1 goal, 3 assists).
• The first years are off to a hot start as Jordan Ray and Carina DiAntonio recorded their first two goals each. Ray scored both goals in a 2-1 victory over Harvard on Oct. 28 and DiAntonio picked up her first two in a 4-1 win over Dartmouth on Oct. 29. Ray has 13 shots and is plus-three, while DiAntonio has nine shots and is plus-two.
• Pia Dukaric has started both games and made 62 saves, while posting a .969 save percentage.

 
Milestone Tracker

• Claire Dalton and Emma Seitz both enter the weekend skating in 99 career games with eyes on hitting the 100-career game mark.
• Dalton is also chasing 100 career points and enters the weekend at 97.

Last Meeting with Quinnipiac
The Bobcats took the last meeting against the Bulldogs, 4-1, on Feb. 18, 2022. Anna Bargman scored the lone goal for the Bulldogs, while Gianna Meloni made 23 stops in goal.
 
Recent History
Quinnipiac has been the beneficiary of good luck in the past five meetings in which they are 4-1 against Yale.

Scouting the Bobcats

• Quinnipiac (9-0-0, 3-0-0 ECAC) is off to an impressive start this season.
• The Bobcats have shutout their opponents in four of their nine games and have outscored their opponents, 38-7.
• Quinnipiac has gotten offense from an array of personnel through the first stretch of the season. 11 different players have scored, while eight of those players have more than one. Lexie Adzija leads the squad with seven.
• Shay Maloney and Olivia Mobley will be players to watch as both lead the team in points.
• Maloney has six goals and seven assists and has scored in three-straight games. The grad student also leads the team in plus/minus with a +15.
• Mobley was a force in the 2021-22 season where she led the team in goals with 17 and launched 160 shots on net, while sporting a plus-20 rating. She has points in all but one game this season and is a plus-10.
• Logan Anders (6-0) has been the go-to in goal and sports .947 save percentage. Catie Boudiette has started the other three games for the Bobcats and has a .981 save percentage.

 
Last Meeting with Princeton
Yale captured both victories of the 2021-22 season with a 3-0 victory on Feb. 19 and a 3-1 victory on March 4, 2022. Charlotte Welch, Claire Dalton, and Elle Hartje scored in the first outing, while Pia Dukaric made 23 stops in the shutout. Dalton, Hartje, and Emma Seitz recorded goals in the latter game, while Gianna Meloni posted 25 saves.
 
Recent History
Despite dropping the last two games to Yale, Princeton holds the edge in the last five games, 3-2.

Scouting the Tigers

• Princeton (0-2-0, 0-2-0 ECAC) played two nationally ranked teams in its first showings of the season that saw them get outscored, 8-2. Those results included a 5-1 loss to No. 4 Colgate and a 3-1 loss to No. 8 Cornell.
• Sarah Fillier and Emerson O'Leary picked up the goals for the Tigers. Fillier has a team-leading 13 shots, while Maggie Connors has 12 shots, but has not found the back of the net yet.
• Jennifer Olnowich has started both games and made 44 saves.

Up Next
The Bulldogs will host Penn State for back-to-back games on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19 at Ingalls Rink.